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The Whine of Haughty Elitism
Contributed by Russ Vaughn In an unbelievably elitist column in the Chicago Tribune column, Garrison Keillor shows very clearly the contempt with which many liberals hold mainstream America. Inconvenienced by having to wait for a veterans’ motorcycle parade to pass (on a street that had been closed off for their event) so that he could cross their route to visit the National Gallery, Keillor had this to say: You don't quite see the connection between that and these fat men with ponytails on Harleys. After hearing a few thousand bikes go by, you think maybe we could airlift these gentlemen to Baghdad to show their support of the troops in a more tangible way. It took 20 minutes until a gap appeared and then a mob of us pedestrians flooded across the street and the parade of bikes had to stop for us, and on we went to show our patriotism by looking at exhibits at the Smithsonian or, in my case, hiking around the National Gallery, which, after you've watched a few thousand Harleys pass, seems like an outpost of civilization. Poor baby, had to stand there and wait while all these fat men with ponytails demonstrated their support of our troops in the field. Do you suppose it might have occurred to this snotty jerk that many of those riders had once been lean and wiry with white sidewall haircuts when they were in uniform serving their country, many of them in combat? As far as the WWII memorial which he also desecrates as a bland insult, I can personally testify from having taken my octogenarian father-in-law there, it is certainly not perceived as such by the veterans in whose honor it was built. But, then, poor, put upon Garrison did finally get his chance to stand before great works of art and muse about the people depicted in them, people obviously of far greater consequence to his sensitivities than the real people outside on their motorcycles whose past service and personal sacrifices make it possible for pretentious twits like him to stand in national art galleries and rhapsodize inanely. I do think Keillor’s imagery regarding vulgarity and squatting toads is apt: I’ve always thought that over-sized head of his with those bulging eyes behind thick glasses had a rather toad-like aspect. And in this situation it looks like that squatting toad just dumped something rather smelly down Mr. Keillor’s stiff, snooty neck. Russ Vaughn, Vietnam Veteran |
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Contributed by Russ Vaughn on May 31, 2008 at 08:31 PM in Caring about our troops, Russ Vaughn, Unclear on the concept | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack |
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Contributed by Bill Faith on May 31, 2008 at 11:46 AM in National Defense, Politics | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |
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Contributed by Bill Faith on May 30, 2008 at 01:06 AM in National Defense, Politics | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |
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Contributed by Bill Faith on May 29, 2008 at 12:11 AM in National Defense, Politics | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |
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Contributed by Bill Faith on May 28, 2008 at 12:25 AM in National Defense, Politics | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |
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Contributed by Bill Faith on May 27, 2008 at 12:29 PM in National Defense, Politics | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |
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Please remember our KIAs this weekend
Contributed by Bill Faith Before you rush off to the beach this weekend, won't you take a few minutes to remember those who've made the ultimate sacrifice to protect our freedoms? I'm not much of a writer any more but I've done some posts in the past I think are worth mentioning again. My favorites:
I also can't let you miss: See more of my past Memorial Day posts here and here, and some previous related Old War Dogs posts here. New this year on other sites:
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Contributed by Bill Faith on May 24, 2008 at 12:18 AM in Memorial Day | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack |
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Contributed by Bill Faith on May 24, 2008 at 12:17 AM in National Defense, Politics | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |
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Contributed by Bill Faith on May 23, 2008 at 01:32 AM in National Defense, Politics | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |
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Contributed by Bill Faith on May 22, 2008 at 01:41 AM in National Defense, Politics | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |
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Contributed by Bill Faith on May 21, 2008 at 12:12 AM in National Defense, Politics | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |
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Of Tigers and Puppies
Contributed by Russ Vaughn Good God, will someone with an ounce of sense and experience in life counsel this boy? And I don’t use the term boy lightly because I know it’s one of those to which blacks take irrational offense but quite frankly I don’t give a rat’s ass. To me Barack Obama is indeed and in fact a boy by virtue of our relative ages; and I don’t give a horse’s patootie about his Ivy League degrees and advanced law degrees. I’ve dealt with plenty of lawyers in my life and I never found one to have a more perceptive mind than I have. In fact it’s usually to the contrary; and frankly I have found most of them to be less than trustworthy. Further, I’m tired of having my use of the English language circumscribed because some blacks can’t get over their grievances and put the past behind them. I’m sick and damned tired of race-baiting opportunists telling me what words in the English language I can or cannot use. I am a man who uses words to present my views and establish my place in this society and as I read the U.S. Constitution, there’s no article or provision there limiting my speech because it might hurt the tender sensitivities of some particular political/racial/religious So yes, I’m using boy when I refer to Barack Obama because that’s exactly how he’s behaving, as an immature but incredibly arrogant adolescent, foolishly over-confident, thinking that he knows more than all of the adults who possess vastly more experience and knowledge than he does. I actually heard this kid from Southside Chicago, with no diplomatic experience, state that he feels he is more competent to deal with American foreign policy than all others currently engaged. Juvenile hubris, anyone? So this overconfident boy proposes to step up into the world of men, hard men, vicious, cold-blooded, calculating men who stone women to death, hang homosexuals and actually starve their own people into obeisance and therein presumes to show us the true way to world peace, all the while blithely ignorant of whom he is dealing with and totally unprepared to match them in cold-eyed across-the table, negotiations that could destroy us all? Forgive me but the phrase, “Eat him for lunch,” just can’t be suppressed here. Yet what does this untested boy show us in maturity and toughness when confronted with a much milder version of hardball politics here at home? He sends his young wife out to carry his water and then is outraged, outraged he says, when she comes under fire? To me that is nothing more than another sign of his immaturity, his lack of preparation to deal with a hard and unforgiving world. This boy actually thinks this world is supposed to be fair? Hell, that adolescent foolishness right there is enough to disqualify him from the presidency. Talk about being naive and unprepared to lead. Good God! This green, untested boy tells us he’s prepared to face down, eye-ball to eye-ball, some of the most hardened men in the world, men who routinely take human life with impunity, but then he goes all wobbly when his domestic political opponents happen to remark on the fact that his wife seems a bit less patriotic than what a country might desire in the spouse of its leader? This boy, this inexperienced boy, has such a thin skin as to take umbrage when the president of his country correctly points out the lessons of history that appeasement of your enemy’s aggression and disregarding his lethal threats are paths to human tragedy? Obama may be presidential material with twenty years more years of living, learning and toughening but to this old Vietnam vet, he’s not the leader I want representing my country in these very dangerous times. Yeah he looks good and has a gift of gab but that only counts to those fools who seek the easy solutions he so glibly offers. Should their enthusiasm get him elected, the tyrants of the world are going to have a lot of fun with this boy. But the bad news is, it’s going to be at America’s expense. The liberals love to claim that America has lost prestige in the world. And it’s true that many tyrants view America as a paper tiger because of our reluctance to use our military might. Paper tiger is hard enough to bear. But hand-licking puppy? |
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Contributed by Russ Vaughn on May 20, 2008 at 01:19 PM in Obamanation, Politics, Russ Vaughn | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |
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Contributed by Bill Faith on May 20, 2008 at 12:16 AM in National Defense, Politics | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |
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The New Geography
Contributed by Russ Vaughn It is good, very good indeed to see Barack Obama making good on his promises for meaningful change even though we’re still several months shy of the chief justice actually placing the golden crown upon his handsome, entitled head. No, this is a politician so different from the rest that he’s making major changes without waiting for the electoral process, constitutional authority or congressional approval. Maintaining the momentum of his fast track political ascension he’s already putting his campaign promises into action, making major changes in the way we look at ourselves, and I do mean major. How about, for instance the seven new states we’re suddenly being blessed with? And I don’t use that term blessed without due consideration of the political implications of Barack’s newly constituted America. For instance all you smarty-pants conservative pundits making snide remarks about Obama not knowing his own state of Illinois borders on Kentucky while claiming Hillary’s advantage in the primary there is due to her home state of Arkansas’ proximity; well, you instapundits just don’t understand the new geography of Obamamerica. You think Illinois borders on Kentucky, you smug know-it-alls? Well, maybe right now it does, but it won’t for long since our Lord High Geographer has decided, in a gesture of unprecedented political magnanimity to a crushed political opponent, to create a new buffer state between the two to serve as a permanent site of political exile for you know who. However, I do think naming it Hillbilliana was a bit peevish and designating the capital Monicapolis downright petty. However, if the Prophet walls off the entire new state and declares it a maximum security facility, he’ll probably enjoy the thanks of a grateful nation, not to mention New Yorkers. I’m probably going out on a limb here by revealing that I have inside information from someone within the Obama campaign, in fact the very person who has been tapped by His Eminence to head up his States Realignment Commission (STREAC) in the new administration. I sure hope posting it here doesn’t get him fired from his campaign position that he can’t be fired from because he doesn’t hold a position within the campaign. Understand? OK, here then are proposals for some of the remaining new states: New Ayresona, which will be formed from a corridor extending from Hollywood, New Mexico (formerly known as Santa Fe before Shirley McClain led the Left Coast invasion of the mindsnatchers) to Arizona to encompass those portions of that state now dominated by ASU and UA students and retired UAW workers from Michigan. To honor both its inspired creator and its unrepentant namesake, the proposed name for the new capital is Obomba. Wrightaho will begin in Gary, Indiana and encompass all of Chicago as it extends far enough into Wisconsin to include Madison (thereby restoring relative political sanity to the Badger State). The commission will designate the current Chicago as the new capital but has under review a proposal to rename it Shi-town, which will forever after have juvenile geography students purposely leaving out the hyphen. Farrakhansas, the largest of the new states, is to be carved out of the westernmost portions of North and South Dakota to demonstrate that the Anointed One is cleverly aware of the unique potential of flyover country. This area is now but sparsely populated by humans and has no known black residents. Both problems will be solved by designating F-K, as it is now abbreviated by commission members, as the probation and parole site for all American jails and prisons. This is intended to provide the Democratic Administration with the ability to claim, “Crime problem? What crime problem? Only one state has a crime problem and look where it is.” The proposed name for the new capital, which is now but empty prairie, is Tyson’s Corner. Sorry about that, Virginia. Rezkohoma will serve a similar purpose as F-K but on a white collar level and with a decidedly international flavor demonstrated by the construction of the world’s largest international airport located in this dry rectangle of land that used to be the Oklahoma panhandle. This facility will be capable of handling hundreds of daily, over-the-pole flights to the Mideast. The capital’s proposed name, Ikhanbuyya, reflects both an exotic, international flavor as well as the new state’s laissez-faire entrepreneurial spirit. Can’t you just hear that peppy new state song? Reeezkohoma, where the bucks come flowing off the planes… At this point, plans for the two remaining states are still on the board although names have been proposed. To facilitate a good working relationship with Congress, STREAC is in the process of demarcating two new western states, Pelosifornia, which will naturally link Hollywood and San Francisco with a special air corridor reserved for Learjets and larger private aircraft, and Reidosa, a small but essential carve-out of Las Vegas from the worthless rest of the state. It is the Great One’s thinking that this small but significant geopolitical change will greatly enhance the value of the Senate leader’s inexpensively obtained real estate holdings there, paving the way for enhanced Senate-Administration relations. So, just what part of New Geography don’t you smugbutt conservatives understand? And if any of you think you can come up with better names than STREAC, let’s hear ‘em. |
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Contributed by Russ Vaughn on May 19, 2008 at 12:07 AM in Obamanation, Politics, Russ Vaughn | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |
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Contributed by Bill Faith on May 19, 2008 at 12:05 AM in National Defense, Politics | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |
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Endangered species: Americanis nationis…
Contributed by J D J. D. Pendry
Our beloved politicians, a collection of sprayed on hair dos, flowery speeches and empty suits, keep telling us that they are going to make America great once again. When I observe that aristocratic assortment of men and women promising to make my country great again, I want to look them in their collective eye and ask; when exactly did America cease being great? Insisting that America has lost her greatness shows disdain, not love for our country. |
I am sure that you are at peace now that polar bears are a protected species. Maybe I am just a bit cynical, but I believe that as long as the seals are plentiful so will be the polar bears. I suppose I am not as brilliant as are Washington politicians. Their foresight is often breathtaking. Besides, should not the Darwin worshipers be talking to us about natural selection and the survival of the fittest? The polar bears are doing well, it seems, as their population has quadrupled over the years. If humans were doing as well, there would be no room left for us.|
Contributed by J D on May 18, 2008 at 01:28 PM in J D Pendry | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |
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Mi Casa es Su Casa
Contributed by Russ Vaughn In Latin America and the southwestern U.S., a frequent greeting of welcoming hosts is mi casa es su casa, meaning "my house is yours," conveying the sense of total hospitality. Considering the outsized impact illegal immigrants from south of the border appear to be playing in the current housing foreclosure crisis, that saying has never been more appropriate than now. Our house is theirs and our guests are stealing our silverware. |
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Contributed by Russ Vaughn on May 17, 2008 at 12:20 AM in Remember the Alamo, Russ Vaughn | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |
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Contributed by Bill Faith on May 17, 2008 at 12:18 AM in National Defense, Politics | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |
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A**easing the A**easers
Contributed by Russ Vaughn All of the spluttering outrage by the Obama campaign and that slobbering mob of media mutts chasing Barack’s bus, the “Strayed Truth Express,” about Dubya’s spot-on reference to appeasement in his address commemorating Israel’s 60th anniversary, leads us to the clear conclusion that the politically correct Left has declared yet more of our natural language off limits to all except themselves. Conservatives may no longer under any circumstances apply the terms appease or appeasement to members of the Democrat Party and especially not to presidential candidates or other leaders of that party. When our president stood there resolute before the world and forthrightly declared that negotiating with those who publicly assert their dedication to Israel’s annihilation is an exercise in appeasement comparable to Chamberlain’s deadly pussyfooting with Adolph Hitler, it was enough to send the entire dumpster-diving media into a frothing fit. How dare he call Obama an appeaser? How dare he imply that Democrats are the party of appeasement? Never mind that he didn’t, the most important result of their rabid reaction is that it puts us on notice how quickly words and expressions are being removed from the general American lexicon by those champions of free speech, the Liberal Left. No longer is it permissible for anyone not among the Leftist elite to utter these terms, appease, appeaser, appeasing and appeasement without feeling the wrath of the outraged appeasers who constitute a significant majority of the Democrat Party and the entirety of the Mendacious Media. Today we have witnessed the forced transmutation of those formerly acceptable words into a form found to meet with approval by liberals: The “A” Word. And like the “N” Word, public use of which is reserved exclusively to black rappers, comedians and any black thug addressing one of his own race, but totally forbidden to whites of any stripe, the “A” Word may be used only in its original, full, linguistic form by liberals and Democrats (yes, I realize the redundancy and the irony.) For the rest of us, in spoken form it is the “A” Word and when putting it on a written page, such as this, it must be in this form, a**ease, without those plosive P’s which, you know, must sound a bit harsh and aggressive to the multiculturally sensitive ears of those a**hole a**easers on the a**peasing Left who are looking for every possible way to a**ease Al Qaeda, Achmadinejad or anyone else who might threaten to annihilate them unless offered ongoing signals of a**easement. Makes about as much sense as P**ce at any P**ce. Ask any I**ian, er, Native American. |
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Contributed by Russ Vaughn on May 16, 2008 at 11:01 AM in Obamanation, Politics, Russ Vaughn, War? What war? | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |
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Contributed by Bill Faith on May 16, 2008 at 09:21 AM in National Defense, Politics | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |
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Contributed by Bill Faith on May 15, 2008 at 10:30 AM in National Defense, Politics | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |
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2008.05.14 Politics and National Defense Roundup
Contributed by Bill Faith Did I ever mention that way back the Faith clan hailed from West Virginia? Some of them made their way from there to Kentucky, and some from there to Illinois. There was a time I was ashamed of my Scots-Irish hillbilly roots but that was a long time ago. It gladdens my hearts to see the bitter gun-clinging people back in West Virginia are still smart enough to recognize a phony when they see him. Is this country ready for a black President? Sure! Is it ready for a President as stupid and dishonest as Barack Hussein Obama? Not just no, but Hell No! I'd hate like hell to see Billary return to the White House but it wouldn't be nearly as terrible as seeing Boy Wonder Barry take office. Worth knowing about today:
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Contributed by Bill Faith on May 14, 2008 at 09:29 PM in National Defense, Politics | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |
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Tyranny of the Brazen Few
Contributed by Russ Vaughn Here we have the man himself using the middle name that no evil conservative may speak: “This is a guy who spent some time in the Muslim world, has a middle name of Hussein, and appears more worldly and has called for talks with people, and so he’s not going to be engaging in the same sort of cowboy diplomacy as George Bush,” Here we go again; it's just hunky-dory for him to use his middle name to puff his status with Islamofascists but it is absolutely forbidden for us to point out that there may be some significance to his obviously Islamic name and the way he may be viewed by the Muslim world. |
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Contributed by Russ Vaughn on May 13, 2008 at 12:16 AM in Obamanation, Russ Vaughn | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |
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2008.05.13 Politics and National Defense Roundup
Contributed by Bill Faith Worth knowing about today:
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Contributed by Bill Faith on May 13, 2008 at 12:14 AM in National Defense, Politics | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |
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Follow the Money, Dick
Contributed by Russ Vaughn In his May 8th column, Dick Morris, who knows the Clintons well, has put forth reasons as to why Hillary won’t quit the race. One is the Clintons’ sense of entitlement, fueled by an overweening arrogance and disregard for the rules of fair play. Another is their past experience that has proved to them that hanging tough pays off, as demonstrated by their many past escapes from scandals that might have seen lesser mortals serving hard time. Although Morris mentions that the Clintons don’t easily part with their money, and that Hillary has personally invested millions in the campaign, he doesn’t follow through to the logical reason why. As the pundits say, follow the money, Dick. Bill Clinton may be the most charismatic ex-president out there making speeches round the world and commanding unprecedented fees for doing so but does anyone really think all that money is being paid solely for Bill’s charm? Do you think that Bill is globetrotting with business magnates and cutting deals with central Asian strongmen purely because of his personal magnetism? Sure some of Bill’s power and influence derives from the prestige of being a former president and no doubt that is enhanced by his likeability. But I’m willing to bet that it has been the belief by so many powerful business and political leaders around the world that his wife was ordained to be the next American president that has given Bill far more heft in geopolitics and geo-finance than other ex-presidents, not to mention adding zeros to those huge speaking fees. Imagine all those geo-potentates sitting across the negotiating table from Bill, sipping tea and thinking, “I’m dealing with an ex-American president who’s married to the next American president.” Has there ever been a go-between who carried that kind of weight or who could command those kinds of fees? For that matter, has America ever faced an inauguration day where the First Spouse is already in the pocket of so many tycoons and foreign powerbrokers? Yes, it would be unseemly, perhaps even unlawful, for Bill to continue such activities with his wife sitting in the Oval Office. But then Bill has already shown the world his contempt for the sanctity of that seat of power and history shows that neither of the Clintons has ever been shy about skirting the law if doing so benefits them politically or financially. And with Hillary finally coronated and ensconced in her rightful place, you can bet the emphasis, particularly for Bill, would be on the financially. Follow the money, Dick. |
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Contributed by Russ Vaughn on May 12, 2008 at 12:21 AM in [W]itch Hillary, Politics, Russ Vaughn | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |
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Contributed by Bill Faith on May 12, 2008 at 12:13 AM in National Defense, Politics | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |
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A glimpse inside...
Contributed by J D J. D. Pendry
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Contributed by J D on May 11, 2008 at 04:23 PM in J D Pendry | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |
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Contributed by Bill Faith on May 10, 2008 at 12:07 AM in National Defense, Politics | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |
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2008.05.09 Politics and National Defense Roundup
Contributed by Bill Faith Worth knowing about today:
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Contributed by Bill Faith on May 9, 2008 at 12:20 AM in National Defense, Politics | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |
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A new must-read blog in the right side of the sphere
Contributed by Bill Faith Email from friend and fellow proud Veteran-American George "Rurik" Mellinger:
Bookmark it people, for it is excellent. Go there often. George, we have out-of-town company and I have a major head cold but I'll get our sidebar modified as soon as I can. |
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Contributed by Bill Faith on May 8, 2008 at 08:22 PM in Caring about our troops, National Defense | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack |